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INFO: task hung in dvb_usb_i2c_exit

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/03/21 18:18
Reported-by: syzbot+3ca06e864ce74bf10d5d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 11d, last: 11d
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in dvb_usb_i2c_exit origin:upstream 1 syz error 4 30d 101d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/12/21 20:30
upstream INFO: task hung in dvb_usb_i2c_exit usb 1 C error 247 15h38m 333d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/05/03 21:21

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/0:1:13 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:1     state:D stack:21712 pid:   13 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_timeout+0xbd/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2093
 do_wait_for_common+0x2a2/0x450 kernel/sched/completion.c:85
 __wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:106 [inline]
 wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:117 [inline]
 wait_for_completion+0x48/0x60 kernel/sched/completion.c:138
 i2c_del_adapter+0x611/0x760 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:1813
 dvb_usb_i2c_exit+0x60/0xb0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-i2c.c:46
 dvb_usb_exit drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c:144 [inline]
 dvb_usb_device_exit+0x164/0x2b0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c:338
 cxusb_probe+0x60c/0x710 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/cxusb.c:1663
 usb_probe_interface+0x5c5/0xb20 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x284/0xc80 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x330 drivers/base/dd.c:755
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:785
 __device_attach_driver+0x2b0/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:907
 bus_for_each_drv+0x184/0x210 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x2a8/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:979
 bus_probe_device+0xbc/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xa00/0xfb0 drivers/base/core.c:3412
 usb_set_configuration+0x1991/0x1fd0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2165
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x89/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0x139/0x270 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x284/0xc80 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x330 drivers/base/dd.c:755
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:785
 __device_attach_driver+0x2b0/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:907
 bus_for_each_drv+0x184/0x210 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x2a8/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:979
 bus_probe_device+0xbc/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xa00/0xfb0 drivers/base/core.c:3412
 usb_new_device+0xd65/0x1660 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2632
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5497 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5637 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5799 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2e4a/0x55e0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5881
 process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
INFO: task udevd:4179 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:udevd           state:D stack:23696 pid: 4179 ppid:  3562 flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 uevent_show+0x17a/0x330 drivers/base/core.c:2408
 dev_attr_show+0x50/0xb0 drivers/base/core.c:2110
 sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x316/0x4c0 fs/sysfs/file.c:61
 seq_read_iter+0x49b/0xd50 fs/seq_file.c:230
 call_read_iter include/linux/fs.h:2167 [inline]
 new_sync_read fs/read_write.c:404 [inline]
 vfs_read+0x759/0xd60 fs/read_write.c:485
 ksys_read+0x152/0x260 fs/read_write.c:623
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fdb48985407
RSP: 002b:00007ffcc7e3ece0 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fdb48897880 RCX: 00007fdb48985407
RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: 000055870ebf2a00 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007fdb48acdff0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 000000000000000a
R13: 00007fdb48acdea0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000055870ebdb280
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.6.804:7889 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.6.804       state:D stack:23448 pid: 7889 ppid:  5454 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 usbdev_open+0x185/0x7b0 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:1040
 chrdev_open+0x5c5/0x6a0 fs/char_dev.c:414
 do_dentry_open+0x7ff/0xf80 fs/open.c:826
 do_open fs/namei.c:3616 [inline]
 path_openat+0x26f5/0x2fa0 fs/namei.c:3750
 do_filp_open+0x1e2/0x410 fs/namei.c:3777
 do_sys_openat2+0x150/0x4b0 fs/open.c:1255
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1287 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1282 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1282
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f16c58c8fce
RSP: 002b:00007f16c3b61b28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f16c3b626c0 RCX: 00007f16c58c8fce
RDX: 0000000000008401 RSI: 00007f16c3b61c00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f16c3b61c00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: cccccccccccccccd
R13: 00007f16c5b82038 R14: 00007f16c5b81fa0 R15: 00007fffb9705a48
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
5 locks held by kworker/0:1/13:
 #0: ffff88801bef4138 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90000d27d00 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff888147f0b220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 #2: ffff888147f0b220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: hub_event+0x19f/0x55e0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5827
 #3: ffff88801a798220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 #3: ffff88801a798220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x85/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:954
 #4: ffff88801f4661a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 #4: ffff88801f4661a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x85/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:954
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c31eaa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
2 locks held by getty/3949:
 #0: ffff88814cc48098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc900026562e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x5df/0x1a70 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
4 locks held by udevd/4179:
 #0: ffff88801f6c5b08 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: seq_read_iter+0xad/0xd50 fs/seq_file.c:182
 #1: ffff8880625d5488 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x51/0x3c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:112
 #2: ffff88807510bae8 (kn->active#32){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x71/0x3c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:113
 #3: ffff88801a798220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 #3: ffff88801a798220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: uevent_show+0x17a/0x330 drivers/base/core.c:2408
2 locks held by udevd/4691:
 #0: ffff8880205f4518 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0xf9/0x7d0 block/bdev.c:915
 #1: ffff888020904468 (&lo->lo_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __loop_clr_fd+0xaa/0xb90 drivers/block/loop.c:1366
2 locks held by syz-executor/5056:
 #0: ffff888020856118 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0xf9/0x7d0 block/bdev.c:915
 #1: ffff88802097b468 (&lo->lo_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __loop_clr_fd+0xaa/0xb90 drivers/block/loop.c:1366
1 lock held by syz.6.804/7889:
 #0: ffff888147f0b220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 #0: ffff888147f0b220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: usbdev_open+0x185/0x7b0 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:1040
1 lock held by syz-executor/8039:
 #0: ffff88805bf560e0 (&type->s_umount_key#69){++++}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:365
3 locks held by kworker/1:11/9423:
 #0: ffff888016c70938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000317fd00 ((work_completion)(&map->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8c323430 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_barrier+0xa1/0x4c0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:4043
2 locks held by kworker/1:12/9424:
 #0: ffff888016c72138 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc900031dfd00 ((work_completion)(&rew.rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
3 locks held by kworker/1:16/9428:
 #0: ffff888016c70938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000346fd00 ((work_completion)(&pwq->unbound_release_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8c323528 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:290 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8c323528 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x2d1/0x750 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:845

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
 watchdog+0xe0f/0xe50 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 3551 Comm: klogd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:arch_irqs_disabled_flags arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:127 [inline]
RIP: 0010:check_preemption_disabled+0x59/0x110 lib/smp_processor_id.c:19
Code: 48 8b 0c 25 28 00 00 00 48 3b 4c 24 08 0f 85 c4 00 00 00 48 83 c4 10 5b 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 48 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 04 24 <f7> 04 24 00 02 00 00 74 cc 65 4c 8b 3d 76 f6 45 76 41 f6 47 2f 04
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002e4f6c8 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff88807d863b80 RCX: 0000000080000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b3580 RDI: ffffffff8a79f980
RBP: ffffc90002e4f818 R08: ffffffff8d89e36f R09: 1ffffffff1b13c6d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1b13c6e R12: 1ffff920005c9eec
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88807d86466c R15: 0000000000000246
FS:  00007f661398cc80(0000) GS:ffff8880b9100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f16c0c912f8 CR3: 000000002ab45000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 lockdep_recursion_inc kernel/locking/lockdep.c:431 [inline]
 lock_release+0x15d/0x8a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5642
 might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:207 [inline]
 slab_pre_alloc_hook+0x27/0xc0 mm/slab.h:492
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3139 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x68/0x3a0 mm/slub.c:4963
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:356 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x22c/0x750 net/core/skbuff.c:427
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1162 [inline]
 alloc_skb_with_frags+0xa7/0x730 net/core/skbuff.c:6170
 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x87f/0x9a0 net/core/sock.c:2536
 unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x5fc/0x18a0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1809
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:706 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x46d/0x620 net/socket.c:2072
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2084 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2080 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2080
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f6613adc407
Code: 48 89 fa 4c 89 df e8 38 aa 00 00 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 74 1a 5b c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 0f 05 <5b> c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 de e8 23 ff ff ff
RSP: 002b:00007ffcbdaf8490 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f661398cc80 RCX: 00007f6613adc407
RDX: 000000000000004b RSI: 00007ffcbdaf85d0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007ffcbdaf8a00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000004000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffcbdaf8a18
R13: 00007ffcbdaf85d0 R14: 0000000000000030 R15: 00007ffcbdaf85d0
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/21 18:17 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in dvb_usb_i2c_exit
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.